[128] pages : 43 cm (fol.)

Spine title: Besson Theatrum instrument

Sixty original engravings by Androuet du Cerceau and others; engravings 35, 39, and 51 signed RB

Signatures: A-Q⁴; B₃ and E₃ missigned Bij and E2 respectively

Title within engraved, architectural border; head and tail pieces; historiated and decorated initials

Privilege in French

Original engravings have descriptive text in Latin at head of each; in this edition the engravings appear on the recto of leaves B₁-Q₄ with the engraved text masked and descriptive letter press on verso of the preceding leaf

With: Astronomia I. Bassatini, Scoti. [Geneva?] : Apud Ioann. Tornaesium, 1599

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